St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
THE = ENATE.
More Bills, Although the Mills of
the Legislature Grind Slow.

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the Legislature Grind Slow.
Notwithstanding the unusually large
number of bills already in the hands of the
several committees, the senate tolerated the
| Introduction Of another big batch of new
bills yesterday The customary petition
this time from citizens OF Dodge Center
urging the passage of the physiological
| temperance instruction bill, was read, aftel
| which the flow of new bills commenced
| following being some of most general in
| terest:
By Mr.. Ives-St. Peter water works bonds
| (s4O,000), and construction of water works
| Passed under suspension of rules
| BY Same-Appropriate $4,000 for O bridge
over the Minnesota river at St. Peter. Roads
and bridges.
By Same-Attaching certain territory OF
| School District No. IS to Independent Schoo
District No. l. Nicollet county. Education.
| By Same-ApprOpriate 81, 900 for pontoor
| bridge on the Minnesota river, between St
! Peter and kasota. Roads and bridges.
| By MIR. keller-Appropriate money fol-
| state normal school and normal home at St
| Cloud. Finance.
BY Mr.. Day-Amend chapter 1874, Statutes
| of 70, relating to gopher bounties. Agri
| culture.
By Same-To afford relief to actual pur-
chasers of and settlers upon the land com
monty known as the ST. Paul & Chicago Rail
| road lands, by declaring actual settlers in
| possession Of the lands. Taxes and tax laws
| BY Mr.. Edwards-Repeal chapter SO, Gen
eral Statutes of rs, relating to actions against
| boats and vessels. judiciary.
By Same-Repeal chapter So laws of '85, re-
lating to heirship of property by descent
| Judiciary.
b. Same-Amend section 4, chapter ~
Statutes of rs, relating to the beQueathel OF
personal estate. Judiciary.
By Same-Amend section 2, title !, chapter
g., Statutes of IS, relating to avoidable mar
riages. Judiciary.
By Mr.. Clough-Extanding jurisdiction OF
justices of the peace i'll Minneapolis. Ju.
dietary.
By same-Amending statutes of 1873 relat-
ing TO corporations so as TO empower eXecu-
tors trustees or legatees to organize corpora
! tons according to the instructions of the
will of the testator. Judiciary.
By Mr.. Buckman-Amend section III,
chapter IL, statutes of 1878, so as TO give the
state printing TO an 'oficial paper" Print
ing.
by Mr. Finseth-Authorizing Cannon Falls
school district to attach school district No.II
Education.
BY Mr.. Smith-Providing for a state
weather and signal service. Finance.
BY Mir. Whiueman-To establish a school
of mining and industry at Duluth. Mines
and mining.
By Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of q
county superintendent of poor for st. Louis
county at a salary Of $1,000 per anuum
Passed under suspension of rules.
By Mr. EanielS-Providing for school dis
| trict Jerks to subscribe Of school e6uca.
ton ut the expense OF the school district.
Education.
BY Mr.. Hall-To raise the salary of the en-
gfneer of the capitol building from Sl,200 to
! $1,000, and providing for an assistant for FIVE
rnt,fr inst nf
BY Mr.. Durant-To prohibit and punish
| persons who shall knowingly import into this
state adulterated or explosive illuminating
| oils. Retrenchment and reform.
Reports Of committees were adopted as
| follows:
Judiciary-Passage of Eaton's biennial
! ninety-day session constitutional amendment:
| Edwards bill, restricting ownership Of real
! estate in Minnesota 10 citizens of the United
| States; Eaton's Canada thistles bill; the bill
| providing for actions by or against unincor-
! porated associations; and the house bills au-
| thorizing Morris to issue $4,000 bonds to de-
| fray its floating debt, and Douglass county TO
| levy special tax for Il court house. Pass
age as amended of the grand larceny
| penal code amendment to fix the
! minimum penalty at one year instead of five
years, and Of Swensons bill making railroad
| companies liable for damages to locomotive
| engineers and tiremen resulting from over
| bars election district bill. GoodricI's aCioD-
| ton of children bill, and Daniels oil inspec.
! tors salary bill.
State Schools-Passage of the appropria-
ton for the school for dependent children at
! Owatonna.
Finance-Passage of the bill raising the
| salary of the safe superintendent of public
| instruction from $4,000 to 35UO: also appro-
| priatiOns for state farmers institutes for
| higher education. and for the third hospital
! for the insane 1T Fergus Falls.
Agriculture-PasSage of the bill prohibit
| ing the killing of aquatic fowl at certain
| times of the year.
| Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution-pas-
| sage of the Macdonald fire escape bill. and
of the appropriation for the imbecile DEPART
ment of the institution.
| Railroads-Passage of Clark's hill renesl-
! ing the act authorizing the Chicago. Mime.
apolis, ST. Paul & Omaha to purchase the
Sioux City road.
The st. Paul general appropriation bill
as passed by the house was then passed
| under suspension of rules on a motion of
| Senator Smith, as were also the board of
! education bonds and the water works bonds
bills. Other house local bills passed were:
| Approprlating $500 for the Mississippi river
commission; amending the charter of Kas-
son, and authorizing each town in Meeker
! county 10 support its own poor. A motion
by Senator Pope to adjourn over until Mon
day afternoon was lost and motion 10
| adjourn until Monday morning prevailed
over considerable opposition. This avoided
an afternoon session, although the list of
bills for discussion in committee of the
Whole has accumulated until it has become
an elephant, and there are two very impor-
tant bills upon the calendar for third read
| ing-Ward's, to abolish the Office of oil in